STANLEY ARMS HOTEL, Lancaster Road

STANLEY ARMS HOTEL   #

Various as:  Lancaster Street

136 Molyneux Square

196 Lancaster Road

(later 24) Lancaster Road

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Synonymous with the

"KNOWSLEY HOTEL"

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A familiar sight to visitors to both the Guild Hall
and the Harris Museum and Art Gallery

MINE HOSTS:

1853 - 63                Thomas Howarth    - d. 1863

1863 - 65                Elizabeth Howarth

1865 - 68                William Turner

1869                       Elizabeth Armstrong

1871                       Elizabeth Howarth

1871 - 77               James Leigh

1880                       Joseph Pritt - was landlord at the Black Horse in Friargate at the same time.

1880                       Thomas Goulbourne

1881                       R.H. PRITT ?

1880 - 82                Thomas Goulbourne

1883 - 91                Ann Carlisle

1891 - 98                William Walmsley

1898 - 1901            Elizabeth H. Walmsley

1904                       Elizabeth Mills Walmsley   -  same as previous lady.

1907 - 11                Frederick Halliday

1913 - 19                Samuel H. Heath
1923                       James Rainford  (see interesting detail below the Census returns)

1932                       John Butterworth

1936                       Harold Hodgson

1940                       James Barnes
1941 - 48               Reginald Upston(e)

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Owned by the Earl of Derby.

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Preston Chronicle  17th February 1855
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Lancaster Gazette  12th July 1856
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Lancaster Gazette  16th January 1858
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London Morning Chronicle  22nd April 1859
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Preston Chronicle  22nd October 1859
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Preston Chronicle  7th January 1860
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Preston Chronicle  24th November 1860
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Lancaster Gazette  12th September 1868
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Preston Chronicle  16th July 1870
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Preston Chronicle  21st February 1874

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Preston Chronicle  19th October 1878

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Manchester Times  12th June 1880

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Preston Chronicle  17th July 1880

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Preston Chronicle 24th July 1880

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STANLEY ARMS HOTEL

LANCASTER ROAD

MR. THOMAS GOULBOURN begs to intimate

to his Friends and the Public generally, that he 

has ENTERED upon the above Premises, and

that by keeping a FIRST-CLASS ARTICLE, 

and strict attention to Business, he hopes to

merit a share of their Patronage.

First-class Accomodation for

COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN & PRIVIATE FAMILIES

GOOD STABLING

Preston Chronicle 14th August 1880

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THE  ERA   26th June 1897

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THE ERA    3rd July 1897

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Taken from the P.N.E. Handbook of the 1898 - 99 Season
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 Sam Heath  1913 - 1917; possibly slightly earlier;
possibly much later as well. Confirmation needed.
It is thought that, in addition to the fox he's taking
for a walk, he also has a parrot on his shoulder!!
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Lancashire Evening Post  25th November 1941
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CENSUS RETURNS

1861

Thomas Howarth                      47 years                      Lic. Vict.                   b. Leyland

Elizabeth Howarth                    45                                Wife                         b. Shropshire

Catherine Howarth                   11                                Daughter                  b. Preston

John Howarth                            9                                 Son                                  do

1871

James Leigh                             56 years                       Publican                   b. Walton-le-dale

Jane Leigh                                45                               Wife                         b. Accrington

Elizabeth Atkinson                    22                                Step-daughter          b. Preston

Thomas Atkinson                      17                                Step-son                          do

1881

Thomas Goulbourn                  41 years                        Hotel Keeper          b. Haresick ???

Harriett Jane Goulbourn           31                                Wife                        b. Manchester

Anne Goulbourn                      10                                Daughter                 b. Bolton

Bertha Goulbourn                     7                                  Daughter                 b. Preston

Mary Goulbourn                       3                                 Daughter                           do

Thomas Goulbourn                   1                                  Son                                  do

1891

Ann Carlisle                            52 years                        Hotel Keeper          b. Hesketh Bank

Alice Carlisle                           19                                 Daughter                b. Preston

Elizabeth Carlisle                      17                                Daughter                          do

1901

Elizabeth H. Walmsley            52 years - widow.          Innkeeper               b. Blackpool

Jane A. Walmsley                   21                                  Daughter                b. Mill Brook, Cheshire

Lizzie Walmsley                      19                                  Daughter                b. Chorley

Violet J. Walmsley                  17                                  Daughter                b. Preston

Fanny T. Walmsley                 15                                  Daughter                         do

       There were also some circus artistes staying with them.

1911

Frederick Halliday                  44 years                       Publican     b. Penningham, Scotland

Mary Ann Halliday                 40                                  Wife / Landlady      b. Preston

Grace Hardman                      75 widow  /  Mother-in-law                                  do

Alice Whittle                           72                                 Lodger                   b. Ormskirk

Mary Farrell                           23                                 Servant                   b. Glasgow

Jenny Williams                        22                                 Servant                   b. Tipton, Staffs       

Jenny Howarth                       19                                 Servant                   b. Manchester

Frederick J. Halliday                6                                Son / Scholar          b. Longton, Lancs.       

1923 -

James Rainford

Beatrice Rainford
Alice Rainford
Jack Rainford
Issac Rainford
William Rainford
Harry Rainford
Louise Rainford
Edith Rainford
Helen Rainford
Robert Rainford 

NOT A CENSUS RETURN, BUT VERY USEFUL INFORMATION INDEED.

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